Down with "The Music Man" - RIAA

Here's a great article on the witch-hunting of the greedy Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), posted on The Luddite, by Tony Long. This commentary does not discuss the legality (or illegality, rather) of violating copyright law by distributing music files online. The topic of this discourse focuses on the "Thieves stealing from thieves" where RIAA represents the people in the music industry that play no part in the music itself, yet reap all the rewards at the artists' expense. It also informs that some music artists are moving to a direct-publishing business model where they create, publish and distribute their music themselves, cutting out the middlemen.

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/theluddite/2007/10/luddite_1011